diff --git a/plasma-runtime/pom.xml b/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
index 51bc982e..43eefa67 100644
--- a/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/plasma-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>